PHOENIX METROPOLITAN WATER RECLAMATION STUDY AND PROGRAM.

SEC. 1608. PHOENIX METROPOLITAN WATER RECLAMATION STUDY AND PROGRAM. (a) The Secretary, in cooperation with the city of Phoenix, Arizona, shall conduct a feasibility study of the potential for development of facilities to utilize fully wastewater from the regional wastewater treatment plant for direct municipal, industrial, agricultural, and environmental purposes, groundwater recharge and direct potable reuse in the Phoenix metropolitan area, and in cooperation with the city of Phoenix design and construct facilities for environmental purposes, ground water recharge and direct potable reuse. (b) The Federal share of the costs of the study authorized by this section shall not exceed 50 per centum of the total. The Federal share of the costs associated with the project described in subsection (a) shall not exceed 25 per centum of the total. The Secretary shall not provide funds for operation or maintenance of the project. (c) The Secretary shall submit the report authorized by this section to the Committee on Energy and Natural Resources of the Senate and the Committee on Interior and Insular Affairs of the House of Representatives not later than two years after appropriation of funds authorized by this title.